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thorsen 05-10-2010 12:38 PM

Weekend Road Trip
 
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I took Kermit on a 400 mile road trip yesterday to catch up with my parents for Mother's Day. On the trip down I had the AC off and had a quartering tailwind that gave me 18mpg. On the way home I had a quartering headwind and the AC on and got 18mpg.

One of the rear axles started knocking so I need to pull them apart and see what the damage is. I might be able to reboot or if not I will call up CVJ axles.

I also used Kermit to carry the kayak to the local river on Saturday. The weather was rotten but I got the boat wet anyway.

Skid Row Joe 05-10-2010 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by thorsen (Post 2464319)
I took Kermit on a 400 mile road trip yesterday to catch up with my parents for Mother's Day. On the trip down I had the AC off and had a quartering tailwind that gave me 18mpg. On the way home I had a quartering headwind and the AC on and got 18mpg.

One of the rear axles started knocking so I need to pull them apart and see what the damage is. I might be able to reboot or if not I will call up CVJ axles.

I also used Kermit to carry the kayak to the local river on Saturday. The weather was rotten but I got the boat wet anyway.

Beautiful car!

Nice kayak too!

Squiggle Dog 05-10-2010 05:14 PM

I think W116s with roof racks look neat. And it's nice that this restored car is being used often, not a garage queen.

JiveTurkey 05-11-2010 08:26 AM

Beautiful car! You don't see a lot of those S classes around because so many got gobbled up by ****ing rust. I'm debating the sanity of taking Wilma on a 1000km round trip this summer when she's done. Can you upload a couple more pics of Kermit?

pchbreeze 05-12-2010 11:18 PM

Beautiful color. I was worried when I read 'kermit'

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